Transposable element loads in a bacterial symbiont of weevils are extremely variable.
Not only are transposable elements profuse in the bacterial endosymbiont of maize weevils, but we found that their quantities also vary approximately 10-fold among individual weevils. Because multicopy elements can facilitate homologous recombination, this insertion sequence (IS) load variability suggests that these essentially asexual bacteria may exhibit substantial intraspecific genomic variation.
Dougherty
Kevin M
KM
Louis Calder Center, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, P.O. Box 887, Armonk, NY 10504, USA.
Plague
Gordon R
GR
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D014644:Genetic Variation; D013559:Symbiosis; D048889:Weevils / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements